Windows Explorer Folder View settings

Sudsy · Jul 14, 2007

Thanks Brink. The registry edit was what I was looking for. It worked perfectly. You are hereby awarded the "High Order of the Registry Cross" for your excellent and timely problem solving skills.
..::SD::..
PS Thanks for the link ;~)

Brink · Jul 15, 2007

You're welcome SD, and welcome to the forum.

I'm glad that this has helped.

Shawn

hendinas · Jul 23, 2007

Thanks so much! I was ready to put a baseball bat through my PC and go back to XP over this! now im happy :D if only Microsoft couldve gotten it right from the start!

Brink · Jul 23, 2007

Hendinas,

Welcome to the forum. Haha, I know how you feel. It takes a bit to get use to working on a OS that is not up to full snuff yet, but it is getting there.

Glad this has helped,
Shawn

Brink · Jul 27, 2007

Updated to include how to disable automatic folder type discovery for templates.
Shawn

stefanny · Aug 12, 2007

Hi Shawn,

This guide is great! Would you happen to know how to set the Details view (with custom columns) as default for all folder?

Thanks in advance. :cool:

Brink · Aug 12, 2007

Hi Stefanny,

Welcome to the forum. I'm glad you like this guide.

You can change the columns to what you like and can apply them to all of the same folder type templates. See the Customize the columns in the folder type template : section at this link. Look at the Note under the title for how to apply them to all the same folder type template that you made the change in. You'll see what I mean when you see the link. If not, just let me know. I'll be happy to help.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/77444-windows-explorer-folder-type-templates.html

Shawn

stefanny · Aug 15, 2007

Hey Shawn,

Thanks for the reply.

What I am trying to do is to have a Details View (Name,Date Modified,Type,Size) for all the subfolders inside the Documents folder.

Here's how I did it (from what I understand):
1. Opened the Documents folder
2. Changed the folder view to Details
3. Removed the Tags column
4. Right-clicked on an empty space and clicked Customize this folder
5. Went to Customize tab and then selected Documents and checked Also apply this template to all subfolders
6. Clicked Apply then OK

However, when i open any of the subfolders, I still have the Tags column.

Am i doing it correctly? Forgive me but I am new at this kind of stuff.

Thanks for the patience,
Stef

Brink · Aug 15, 2007

Stefanny,

You are doing it correctly, but just left out one little step. It was the top part below what you did.

Customize the columns in the folder type template :
NOTE: To apply the column changes to all windows with the same folder type template, open Folder Options and click the Apply to Folders button in the View tab. See this link for how:

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/84215-folder-options.html

This will apply that setting to all of the same folder type template windows and should get what you wanted.

Shawn

stefanny · Aug 20, 2007

Thanks for the update, Shawn. It worked! I can't believe I missed that.

Brink · Aug 20, 2007

Your welcome Stefanny,

Glad to hear it helped you and thank you for the feedback.

We all miss things now and then, don't worry about it. Especially when I stay up way to late. (haha)

Shawn

RwsRichard · Aug 21, 2007

Shawn that worked great!!

Now if there a way to disable the folder/file auto group function?

If you create a folder, then add a file, for instance .html file, then set the group, to what ever you want, then add another file, let's say a .txt file, then the group changes it to something else and does not keep my previous options.

It seems that the folder/file group function sets the 'group' to what ever it wants "everytime" I add a file to a folder. The files can be the same extension or different, it does not matter. The group function will change it "everytime".

Is there a way to stop this?

Thanks in advance,
RwsRichard
PS: I have admin rights and I have the 'save folder setting' turned on.

Brink · Aug 21, 2007

Welcome to the forum RwsRichard,

I believe you are referring to Vista's auto dicovery of the folder template. The Disable Automatic Folder Type Discovery for Templates section above in the Second Method should turn in off in Vista allowing your last change to be remembered until you change it and not automatically assign a template like that anymore.

Shawn

Brink · Aug 21, 2007

RwsRichard said:
Shawn that worked great!!

Now if there a way to disable the folder/file auto group function?

If you create a folder, then add a file, for instance .html file, then set the group, to what ever you want, then add another file, let's say a .txt file, then the group changes it to something else and does not keep my previous options.

It seems that the folder/file group function sets the 'group' to what ever it wants "everytime" I add a file to a folder. The files can be the same extension or different, it does not matter. The group function will change it "everytime".

Is there a way to stop this?

Quoted From:
http://www.vistax64.com/vista-general/86771-folder-file-group-option.html

When I create a folder then add a file to the folder, the group function
creates its own 'group setting', ie, group by name.

I then change the grouping to what I want, which is group by none. Then I
add another file and the group function changes the "group setting" again, to
say group by type.

The file extensions can be the same or different. It does not matter, the
group function changes "everytime" I add a file. Sometimes it sets the same
group setting, ie. group by name, sometimes it is different, ie. group by
type.

Is there some way to disable this or make it QUIT changing my settings not
matter what I put in the folder? Usually I have mixed file extensions, so I
can understand why it is changing it, but I want it quit doing it.

I have even put ALL the files I need into the folder, then changed the
'group by' to what I want. BUT when I edit a file and save it, the 'group by'
function changes again.

Thanks in advance,
RwsRichard
PS: I have admin rights and I have the 'save folder setting' turned on.

Richard,

I just saw you other post. If you did all of Method Two above to completely reset everthing, then take a look at the How to Change the Column Sort Order section at the bottom of this link to make sure I am on the same page with you. Vista should remember the way it was when you closed the Window last. Just let me know any differences you are seeing.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/77444-windows-explorer-folder-type-templates.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

RwsRichard · Aug 21, 2007

brink said:
Richard,

I just saw you other post. If you did all of Method Two above to completely reset everthing, then take a look at the How to Change the Column Sort Order section at the bottom of this link to make sure I am on the same page with you. Vista should remember the way it was when you closed the Window last. Just let me know any differences you are seeing.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/77444-windows-explorer-folder-type-templates.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Well, I guess I am going to put a kink in this.

I followed the directions and attempted ALL the steps, twice. The second attempt, I had my son review what I had against what the directions showed.

After booting, it worked great for a couple of hours. Then it started doing it again. Everytime I would add a file to a folder, the Auto Grouping changed my settings.

Everything else from the directions is working PERFECTLY.

So I am not sure what is going on.

RwsRichard

Brink · Aug 21, 2007

Ok RwsRichard,

I'm all kinked up.

I used the same method and tried to get one of my folders to duplicate your problem, but Vista would always remember the settings I had before. Since you have multiple file types, you might try clicking the Type column's arrow and clicking Group to see if that may help. What setting are you trying to use?

Shawn

Dzomlija · Aug 25, 2007

Is there a way to specify the default window sizes when the WIN+E shortcut or start menu icons are used?

Brink · Aug 25, 2007

Hi Peter,

Why of course there is. I should write a tutorial on this. Thank you for reminding me of this.

1. Right click on the shortcut.
2. Click Properties.
3. Click Shortcut tab.
4. Under the Run: section, click on the drop down menu.
5. Select the default window opening for that shortcut. (Normal, Min., Max.)
6. Click Ok.

- Read Tutorial

Shawn

Dzomlija · Aug 25, 2007

Thanks Brink, but not quite what I have in mind, as that doesn't work when WIN+E is used to open explorer windows.

I would like to now where Windows Explorer saves the last used pixel width and height of the windows it uses, so that I can specify a default position and size (not minimized or maximized).

Using and saving default column views is easy, its the window size thats bugging me.

The Folder View Settings tutorial seems to have helped in that regard, but is there a way of having these settings stored once, and then re-used, because Vista seems to be a little erratic in how and when it saves the window positions.

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